Tintype portrait of Miss Allen

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Tintype of Miss Allen shown in bust portrait. She is turned one quarter to her left, but is looking at the camera. Her cheeks are tinted pink. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered in a chignon at the nape of her neck. She wears a light colored blouse with a dark oval brooch pinned at her front neck. A long, dark, single strand beaded necklace is around her neck. The tintype is placed in its original "Potters Patent" die-cut paper frame, with an oval cut out to display the image. Around the cut out is a heavily ornate embossed frame. Handwritten in graphite on the mount below the tintype is the text "Miss Allen Freedmen / teacher / 1865" The tintype is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

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